United States · California
Morro Bay SP – Marina/Boardwalk Trail
254 species and 189,641 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January and March–April, with up to 166 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great EgretArdea alba
WilletTringa semipalmata
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea160 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 254 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna Lake16 km260 species
- Oso Flaco Lake40 km289 species
All 254 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Morro Bay SP – Marina/Boardwalk Trail?
October–January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 166 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Morro Bay SP – Marina/Boardwalk Trail?
254 species, from 189,641 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Morro Bay SP – Marina/Boardwalk Trail in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Great Egret, Willet and White-crowned Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.